Improvement in shears



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

P. F. CROUCH, -OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHEARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,508, dated May 8, 1866.

.To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, P. FREDERICK GEoUcH, of the city and State of New York, have invented and made a certain new and useful Improvement in Shears; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ot' this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of said shear, and Fig. 2 is a planet1 the saine. 1

Similar marks ot reference denote the sa me parts.

Shears have heretofore been made for cut-- ting cloth and other substances by hand in which thc lower blade has been litted to rest- .iponthe table, while the upper blade and Araudle move upon tivo centers and swing np ud down in cutting without disturbing said iiwer blade, the object in view being' to allow u he layers of cloth or other material being cut ui remain stationary or nearly so, and not he raised as much as with the ordinary shears.

The nature of my said invention consistsin arranging the upper sheanblade and handle in such a manner that an endwise motion is given to the said blade in order that it may ac. with a drawing cut and more easily separate the material being cut. This is more esjir-,cially operative toward the end ot' the cut when the leverage oi' the handle upon the blade is less. Thereby the power required is not as great, in consequence of the drawing Auction ot' the said blade in cutting.

In the drawings, a, is the lower or bed shear, made sufficiently thin to pass easily under the vloth or other material to be cut. b is the iandle ot' this shear a. c is the upper or moving handle on the Ltulcrum d, and c is the upper edade, united to the handle c bythe screw or rivet f, and g is the fulcrum-screw for the blade e.

IIhe blade c is slotted `for the reception of the fulcrum screw or pin g, and it will now be evident that as the joint atf describes au arc of circle the blade as it is opened or closed is moved endwise on its slotted fulcrum g, and

hence acts with a drawing cut, and that endwise action is the greatest when the blade cis almost closed to the blade a.; hence great fa- :ility is afforded for cutting, because but lit tle more power has to be exerted at the termination of each cut than at the beginning.

The relative locations of the fulcra d and gy and joint j' might bc varied from that shown, so as to make the drawing action of the upper shear operative to a greater extent at the beginning ot' each cut, if desired.

I make use ot a spring, t', attached at one end by the joint-screw j', and pressed to the blade c by its fulcrum-screw g, s0 that the said `blade c is kept up to the blade a with the necessary force, and the spring being slotted at` the fnlcrum g allows of the spring moving with the blade.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'1. The blade c, with a slot or mortise for the fulcrum g, in combination with the handle c, shear a, and handle b, as set forth, whereby the blade c receives an endwise motion to act with a drawing cut, as specified.

2. The broad thin blade a, blade c, and spring t', in combination with the handles b and c, joint j', and slotted fulcruin g, for the purposes and as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 25th day of October, A. `D.

P. F. CRO UGH.

Witnesses LEMUEL W. SERRELL, GEO. D. WALKER. 

